Invasive apple snails continue to spread in San Antonio’s River Walk. Officials are testing new barrier systems to curb reproduction.

When I moved abroad, I found the slimy mollusks everywhere. Then they taught me how to adapt. By Gabe Bullard On the first morning without rain after I moved to Switzerland, I woke up, still ...

What began as a few creekside adventures has grown into a colorful and unexpected small business, centered entirely on snails. Lady Astrid’s Snails, owned and operated by Elyria resident Hali Hart, ...

What a bunch of slimeballs! In just the latest major theft of a French national treasure, bandits slipped into a famous snail farm in northern France and snatched nearly 1,000 pounds of escargot worth ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

You might think that snails typically remain in their shells, occasionally slithering their way to a new location, but this Instagram video by @explaining.animals proves otherwise. When faced with a ...

Snails move slowly, but the damage they cause to plants can build up fast. They are often voracious generalist herbivores. They damage flowers, fruits, leaves, and other succulent parts of plants. But ...

MARSHALL, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation recently confirmed the presence of 150 invasive Chinese mystery snails in a mid-Missouri lake. MDC staff collected and removed more than 150 ...

The ability to regenerate lost body parts has long captured human fascination. Many creatures out in nature can perform feats of repair that far surpass our own abilities. For example, salamanders can ...

Rain came one evening to soften the afternoon heat. I sat outside on my back steps watching the clouds grow ever fuller, swelling like gray balloons until they finally burst, spilling out across the ...